Picture-hanger.



PATENTBD MAR. 10, 1908..

H. G. 'BURNARD.-

PIOTURBHA-NGER'. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PiCTURE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed May 24, 1907. Serial No. 375,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. BURNARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tower, in the county of Cheboygan and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture- Hangers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hangers for pictures or the like, and providesa hanger which is adjustable to accommodate pictures of various sizes,and which is adapted to support the same upon a wall.'

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a rear perspective view showing the device applied to theback of a pioture. Fig. 2 is a side view.

The device includes in itsconstruction a vertical metal strip 6 whichhas a series of tongues 7 struck up therefrom at its opposite edges. Thetongues are arranged in pairs at different heights, to accommodatepicture frames of different sizes, and by having two tongues, one ateach edge of the strip, swaying of the picture sidewise is to someextent prevented.

8 indicates a wire which engages over the tongues 7 and is bent to formtwo branches which are provided at the lower ends with hooks 9 to engageunder the edge of the picture frame, as shown. The wire is caught orheld by the tongues 7, or it may be adjusted up or down, to engagehigher or lower pairs of tongues, according to the length desired.

An arm is connected to the top of the plate 6, consisting of two strips9* and 10, one of which is slotted as at 11 and the other of which isprovided with a thumb screw 12 extending through the slot. Thisconnection allows the length of the arm to be varied, to regulate theangle or overhang of the picture. The strip 9 has a hook 13 at the endwhich engages over a bar 14 at the head of the strip 6, and the otherpart, 10, of the arm, has a hook 14 adapted to engage over the top ofthe picture. The strip 6 has an opening 15 at the top to receive a nailwhereby it may be hung upon the wall, or to receive a picture hookwhereby it may be hung from the molding.

The device can be attached to picture frameswithout the use of any screweyes or other fixtures inserted in the frame, and is particularly usefulin connection with small and delicate frames which are frequently splitby screw eyes inserted therein. Furt ermore, by adjusting the length ofthe arm at the. top the angle of the picture can be varied and quicklyset by tightening the thumb screw, thus avoiding the lengthening orshortening of wire, as commonly done.

I claim:

A picture hanger comprising a vertical strip having a series of tonguesprojecting therefrom atdifferent heights, a wire engaging over saidtongues and having depending arms with hooks at the lower end, and anextensible hooked arm projecting outwardly from the upper end of t 1estrip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY BURNARD.

Witnesses: v

LAMAR MCBRIDE, MIKE SHIELDS.

